November 14, 2007 Comment on - Yahoo To Pay Chinese Families; It Settles With Relatives Of Journalists Jailed For Dissent After It Revealed Their Names To Police.
Re: Yahoo! and its current problems with disclosure of confidential customer information about users (journalists) to China officialdom. We still are a nation based on the rule of law and Yahoo! enjoys tremendous benefits doing...
November 08, 2007 Comment on - Safety Panel's Chief Says Taking Paid-for Trips Is Good Policy; She Tells Congress That When Regulated Firms Pick Up The Tab, It Saves Resources For Testing And Education On Standards.
"Optics" -- a popular new buzzword in business circles -- meaning the appearance of things and the impressions made...the optics of this are troubling. There are legal aspects to government officials' behaviors and there are...
November 07, 2007 Comment on - Yahoo Execs Apologize For China Role; Company Revealed Dissident's Web Work
So CEOs and "C" suite execs, here's your question of the day --Do we center our organization and develop and refine its group and individual behaviors around a values system -- being truthful, acting from a moral foundation (much...
November 06, 2007 Comment on - Trade Pacts Have Paved Way For Toxic Toys
This opinion piece ("op-ed") by Jesse Jackson in the Chicago Sun-Times is very direct (you know what he is unhappy about) and makes some very powerful arguments. No matter your politics, no matter your ideological compass, no...
November 03, 2007 Comment on - Rock Testifies Before Congress on Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis
As our reader, "lethal at debt prison" (love it!) notes below, folks are nervous about subprime. And with good reason -- this is a very serious situation.
November 02, 2007 Comment 2 on - SEC Requiring XBRL To Help All Investors Learn Firms' ABCs Financial Data Easier To Use The Technology Is Putting Complex Financial Reports Into An Interactive Format
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November 01, 2007 Comment on - “Choosing Business Leaders with Integrity”
We welcome Kenny Moore to the roster of commentators regularly providing their views on Accountability Central. Kenny is a remarkable individual -- you have to read his book ("CEO and the Monk") to find out more...it's essential...
October 31, 2007 Comment on - MARKETS; Merrill CEO Departs With $160 Million; His Compensation Receives Scrutiny After He Becomes A Casualty Of The Sub-prime Crisis
A few footnotes to the Merrill Lynch / O'Neal story...and CEO compensation in general... As founders and the founding families of today's giant, modern corporations -- the Merrills of Merrill Lynch, the Rockefellers of Standard...
October 31, 2007 Comment 1 on - SEC Requiring XBRL To Help All Investors Learn Firms' ABCs Financial Data Easier To Use The Technology Is Putting Complex Financial Reports Into An Interactive Format
Attention corporate executives -- don't shrug this off. XBRL is going to revolutionize accounting and corporate [financial] reporting. Standard dictionaries ("taxonomies") are in development by a number of cooperating agencies...
October 30, 2007 Comment on - Coke, Kellogg's Cop Bad Product Awards
So you take years, decades, centuries perhaps to build the brand, win the loyalty of customers, fine-tune the marketing and promotion, establish your distribution channels, and constantly perfect your business model. Then...